SBISD Fall 2011 Agenda

Below are the links we'll be using in the fall workshops. Each should open in a new window so you won't have to keep finding this page again.

October 25, 2011

Today's Meet

• Question: What are gifted kids' intellectual and academic needs?

Poll Everywhere

• Register for an educator account.
• Create a poll based on something you're currently teaching.

Primary Pad

• One person in the group starts the page.
• That person paste the URL in Today's Meet.
• Everyone else navigates to the page by copy and pasting the URL into your address window.
• Individually take notes in the document.
• As a group, categorize the notes.

November 15, 2011

Tagxedo

• Search for an article on differentiation.
• Copy the URL in the address bar. (Highlight, then Ctrl-C)
• Paste the URL in Tagxedo box. (Ctrl-V)
• Play with the layouts.
• Compare your results with your neighbor's.

Great Books for Gifted Kids Wiki

• Option 1
  • Choose a book with an existing page.
  • Add to the page.
• Option 2
  • Choose a listed book without an existing page.
  • Create a page based on the template described on the home page.

Bubbl.us

• Create a mindmap of the tools we've used so far

Mindmapping Free Play

• Mindmeister.com (http://www.mindmeister.com/)
• Mind42.com (requires activation email) (http://mind42.com/)
• Mindomo.com (requires activation email) (http://www.mindomo.com/)

Exploratree

• Find a graphic organizer to compare two things.
• Find a graphic organizer for multiple perspectives.
• Find a graphic organizer for SCAMPER.
• Find a graphic organizer to use with your students next week.
• Edit or create a graphic organizer.

Diagramming Free Play

• Creately.com( http://creately.com)
• Gliffy.com ( http://www.gliffy.com/)
• Cacoo.com ( https://cacoo.com/)

December 6, 2011

Dipity

• Search for timelines related to what you're currently teaching.
• Register and create a short timeline. (Could be a topic about which you're studying or a history of you)

Screencast-O-Matic.com

• Try it out!

Video Resources

• Zamzar to convert video (and any other type of file)
• Mathtrain for student made math video tutorials
• Khan Academy for math and science tutorials and practice problems
• Learning 4 Mastery for secondary science tutorial (flipped classroom teachers)
• Wolfram Alpha

Blogs to Follow

• Byrdseed Gifted (http://www.byrdseed.com/) by Ian Byrd
• Unwrapping the Gifted (http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted/) by Tamara Fisher
• Gifted Exchange (http://giftedexchange.blogspot.com/) by Laura Vanderkam
• Ingeniosus (http://www.ingeniosus.net/blog) by Deborah Mersino

For the independent study folks:

• Weebly - free web site creater
• TED Talks - incredible source for videos by experts and innovators in a WIDE range of fields
• RSA Animate - animated sketching that enhanced fascinating lectures
• Library 2 Play: 23 Things - blog independent study on 23 web 2.0 tools
• Find some tools to add to our list. Add them below.